What is personal care?

Personal care for elders is the support and supervision of daily personal living tasks and private hygiene and toileting, along with dressing and maintaining your personal appearance. It can also include helping with meal preparation, laundry and bed changing. It provides you or your loved one with the opportunity to receive discreet and sensitive one-to-one support from a fully-trained. 

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Everyones personal care needs are unique, but it typically involves carer-provided assistance with the following tasks:

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• Bathing/cleaning/showering

• Shaving

• Assistance with medication

• Eating habits

• Toilet assistance

• Laundry

• Skincare

• Changing your bed

• Using local services

• Seeing friends and family

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As people get older, the above tasks become increasingly important due to the fact that the elderly are more susceptible to infection and or illness.